Adaptations and Diversity Vocabulary

a slight difference in the appearance of individual members of a species

• comparative anatomy

• variation

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

• natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a characteristic of a species that enables the species to survive in its environment

• adaptations

• comparative anatomy

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

involves color, shape, and physical characteristics

• structural adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• functional adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the way an organism behaves or acts

• structural adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• functional adaptation

chemical changes in body systems (Physiological)

• structural adaptation

• behavioral adaptation

• functional adaptation

the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution

• homologous structures

• selective breeding

• speciation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

the study of similarities and differences among structures of living species

• comparative anatomy

• selective breeding

• natural selection

• geneology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

body parts that perform similar function but differ in structure (look)

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2